Strobilanthes lupulina

This is Strobilanthes lupulina [= Nilgirianthus lupulinus] not S. heyneanus

But Gamble says that S. luplnia the inflorescence is a hairy spike.

efi page on Strobilanthes lupulinus & Nilgirianthus heyneanus ?

Let us forget about the nomenclature.  The identity is correct.  I saw plenty of it during my posting in Pune.

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Ornamental For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 160214 : AK-5 :  Attachments (4). 6 posts by 2 authors.
A cultivated, potted plant seen at the Flower Show in Jijamata Udyan today. (16.2.14)
Id please.

For me it is Nilgirianthus heyneanuss –under shrubs in almost entire westernghats of karnataka -Iruppu, brahmagiri, kodachadri, jog falls, uttarakannada
in Kodachadri it is everywhere.

stroh-bil-AN-theez — cone flower … Dave’s Botanary
lup-oo-LEE-nus or loo-poo-LEE-nus — resembling hops … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: hop-headed strobilanthes
botanical names: Strobilanthes lupulinus Nees … synonyms: no synonym known
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Photographed at Matheran, Maharshtra on 01 NOV 12
Many thanks to … for the ID.

Thanks for sharing wonderful pictures of an uncommon (Not posted on the group) Acanthaceae member
It just prompted me to go through the key of Strobilanthes (Earlier or what BSI Flora mentions as Nilgirianthus)
Stamens are 2 in N. reticulatus. All other species have 4 stamens.
Flowers are without bracteoles in 2 sp. out of which N. heyneanus has bracts glabrous or nearly so; whereas N. lupulinus has bracts hairy. These characters must be there in your specimens though I couldn’t see them clearly.

Many thanks … for validating the ID.
Both the plants (lupulinus and heyneanus) could be close; however a point mentioned in Talbot’s The Trees, Shrubs and Wood-Climbers of the Bombay Presidency: the bracts in these two plants are quite different — is noteworthy.
In the posted plant, the bracts resemble hops, the stem and branches are woody and warty. These two aspects and … guidance convinced me of the ID. I am not sure of the glabrous / hairy aspect.
In Flora of the Presidency of Bombay S. lupulinus is described to be without bracteoles though further describes the nature and dimensions of the bracts. I am not sure I can distinguish between bracts and bracteoles. Corolla of S. heyneanus has relatively constricted neck. In the posted plant the corolla tube does not look constricted. For reference and comparison, corolla of S. heyneanus can be seen in … photo at Flowers of India. Nature of bracts also can be seen here.
Further validation is welcome; will stand corrected.

Thanks for further inputs. It will definitely help in exploring further when one encounters similar flowers in the field. The Karvi season is due in coming years.